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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites you to a free half-day compliance assistance workshop on Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and Clean Air Act, Section 112(r) Risk Management Program (RMP). These workshops are designed for new environmental compliance managers. The workshop will cover threshold determinations, exemptions and other commonly asked questions. For compliance with EPCRA and RMP, there are various planning and reporting requirements on businesses and industries that store and/or use certain chemicals and materials.
EPCRA and RMP were designed to protect your business, your employees and your community should a chemical accident occur. The EPCRA data and Risk Management Plan better prepares emergency response personnel and the community to handle an incident should one occur. The RMP program requires the submission of a RMP plan and coordination with the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) prior to the storage of RMP chemicals above the threshold quantities.
Let us help you to make your business and community a safer place. EPCRA requires facilities having certain chemicals, with quantities as low as one pound, to submit annual chemical inventory (Tier 2) reports. For calendar year 2015, the reporting deadline is March 1, 2016. By attending a workshop, you could avoid an enforcement action under EPCRA resulting in penalties of up to $37,500 per chemical violation, per day. Likewise, the Risk Management Plan helps to ensure the safe storage, use and processing of chemicals at a facility.
EPCRA & RMP Workshop Agenda
8:00 Sign-in & Network
8:30 Welcome & Overview
8:45 What is and how do I report an Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS)
9:00 What must be reported on my Tier2 form
9:30 Reporting electronically via Tier2 Electronic Reporting Software
10:15 How do I use the “List of Lists”
10:30 Break
10:40 How does the new Global Harmonized SDS affect Tier2 Reporting
11:20 Who must comply with the CAA Risk Management Program?
Noon Adjourn
Fill out the application and send to [email protected]: EPCRA-RMP Region 1 Workshop Application
CHANGE OF VENUE:
The Creative Economy Steering Committee meeting has changed from Salisbury Square to:
Randolph Town Hall – Municipal Offices – 7 Summer Street, Randolph
Come check out Chelsea’s new town garage at this month’s Windsor and Orange County Regional Road Foreman Meeting!!
View the agenda and get directions here: February Regional Road Foreman Meeting
For a copy of the agenda, click here: Executive Committee Agenda 2-10-16
Cultivating Climate Resilience Conference 2016
An Education Summit for Empowerment & Action
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Montpelier High School – Montpelier, Vermont
Keynote Speaker: Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Vermont State Climatologist & Chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Vermont
~~Registration information coming soon!~~
Today’s environmental educators must address climate change. This deeply complex global issue is the context for every lesson we teach, whether we make it explicit or not. Furthermore, our audiences are looking for guidance to help them navigate the decisions that must be made by individuals, communities, countries, and the world at large. We have the opportunity to step up as leaders in this arena, and many of us feel a responsibility to do so.
As one of the six member states in NEEEA, SWEEP has received an EPA grant to advance climate change education. With these funds, SWEEP will profile selected schools that are implementing climate resilience practices (such as solar panels and energy efficiency measures) and teaching climate resilience curricula to their students. A sub-grant will go to Shelburne Farms to find these schools and write a case study on each.These school stories will be featured at theCultivating Climate Resilience Conference in April 2016 to inspire climate resilience actions in other schools across the state and the broader region.
Through this work, SWEEP will elevate the conversation about climate change and energize action to address it. This initiative needs a cohesive, motivated network of Vermont educators ready to get to work. Please join our effort!
For more information, contact Conference Coordinator Bethany Powers.
For more information: https://vermontsweep.org/index.php/conference/climate-conference-2016
Learn how forestry techniques can be used to benefit wildlife habitat and wintering grounds. Linked Lands Alliance will also show how to connect wildlife corridors.
Hartland Roast Beef Dinner starts at 4:30 PM.
Consulting forester Patrick Bartlett – commentator
- Modern Forest & Ecosystems Management
- Wildlife and their habitat needs in VT
- Forestry access roads and recreation.
- Foraging for Wild Edible Plants.
Hosted by the Ottauquechee Natural Resources Conservation District.
Come and learn the tracks and signs of many common Vermont mammals. National Park Service Science Communication Specialist Ed Sharron will guide a snowshoeing experience. Co-sponsored by Vermont Coverts and the Vermont Woodlands Association.
Parking available at the Billings Farm & Museum parking lot across the street.
Lt. Governor Phil Scott is the special guest.
Contact the White River Valley Chamber of Commerce for more information.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites you to a free half-day compliance assistance workshop on Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and Clean Air Act, Section 112(r) Risk Management Program (RMP). These workshops are designed for new environmental compliance managers. The workshop will cover threshold determinations, exemptions and other commonly asked questions. For compliance with EPCRA and RMP, there are various planning and reporting requirements on businesses and industries that store and/or use certain chemicals and materials.
EPCRA and RMP were designed to protect your business, your employees and your community should a chemical accident occur. The EPCRA data and Risk Management Plan better prepares emergency response personnel and the community to handle an incident should one occur. The RMP program requires the submission of a RMP plan and coordination with the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) prior to the storage of RMP chemicals above the threshold quantities.
Let us help you to make your business and community a safer place. EPCRA requires facilities having certain chemicals, with quantities as low as one pound, to submit annual chemical inventory (Tier 2) reports. For calendar year 2015, the reporting deadline is March 1, 2016. By attending a workshop, you could avoid an enforcement action under EPCRA resulting in penalties of up to $37,500 per chemical violation, per day. Likewise, the Risk Management Plan helps to ensure the safe storage, use and processing of chemicals at a facility.
EPCRA & RMP Workshop Agenda
8:00 Sign-in & Network
8:30 Welcome & Overview
8:45 What is and how do I report an Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS)
9:00 What must be reported on my Tier2 form
9:30 Reporting electronically via Tier2 Electronic Reporting Software
10:15 How do I use the “List of Lists”
10:30 Break
10:40 How does the new Global Harmonized SDS affect Tier2 Reporting
11:20 Who must comply with the CAA Risk Management Program?
Noon Adjourn
Fill out the application and send to [email protected]: EPCRA-RMP Region 1 Workshop Application